I bought my salad spinner for washing the 5 inch squares I buy in charm packs. I don't buy them very often but I have to wash them or the chemicals destroy my finger tips. I really couldn't tell any difference with the actual salad so I keep the spinner in my sewing room. The first one I bought I gave to my daughter because it did take up a lot of room in the kitchen and she wanted one. Then I needed to wash a charm pack and it was so much easier using the spinner than doing it all my hand.